Tourist-plagued birthplace of Pope draws €9m bid

A WOMAN selling the house where Pope Benedict XVI was born said yesterday she has received more than 400 offers, including at least one bid of €9 million.

Claudia Dandl announced in June that she would sell the white Alpine stucco-style house with yellow trim in the Bavarian village of Marktl an Inn because she couldn’t cope with the growing crowds of sightseers.

Ahead of the deadline for offers at midnight last night, more than 400 interested parties had submitted bids, including a firm from the United Arab Emirates, a spokeswoman for the family said.